Guest 756- Registered: 6 Jun 2012
- Posts: 727
#1
For the past week the stench of pooh has prevailed over Elvington. During the few warm days we had last week all our windows and doors had to remain closed, the washing I line dried has now had to be redone as it absorbed the smell. Many a husband has been accused of having created the fumes and those who have a sensitive gag reflex are truly suffering.Please pray for rain so that this vile aroma sinks into the soil asap.
Guest 714- Registered: 14 Apr 2011
- Posts: 2,594
#2
How odd Lesley, I've noticed that in both Deal and Dover I thought I was going mad.
Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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#3
ALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
- Posts: 3,370
#4
I think the farmers save this muck spreading job until the wind is blowing over populated areas ,
funny lot farmers highest suicide rates in the uk.
In law they have to Plough the muck in after spreading,
But like every thing, framers a law unto them selves'
Environment officers do nothing for the big money we pay them
If you did this to a town in franc the population would probably burn the fields
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#5
i heard that human waste is being used as well as the usual stuff.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,931
#6
The joy of this time of year when the air is pervaded with the lovely smells of the countryside...............not.
Is it still that stinky surplus from the sewerage plants that even covered the footpaths around Tilmanstone when we lived there?
We cross posted Howard.
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Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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#7
Muck spreading is good for the farms ,but they can mask in with sent chemical and Plough it in after spreading
Farmers just don't like people , mental issues
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
#8
Am I right in thinking that farmers were told about this before and ordered to stop the smells which comes with muck spreading.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
#9
I don't know about Kent, but some places take this matter seriously...
Welcome to Breckland Council
"Odour from muck spreading"
http://www.breckland.gov.uk/content/odour-muck-spreading
This council does say that it would 'kick-up a stink' if the odour persisted for more than 24 hours.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 700- Registered: 11 Jun 2010
- Posts: 2,868
#10
We understood that it was 'treated sewage', we have had the odour here, and nearby, on and off for some days.
I suppose you could call it useful recycling at a time of high population ! One of the joys of living in the country.
Yes Jan, I remember when it was spread over public footpaths some years ago, there were several meetings about it with farmers, water board, and of course villagers. 'They' said IT IS SAFE as it has been TREATED. But what chemicals and minerals are in it all?
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Guest 1694- Registered: 24 Feb 2016
- Posts: 1,087
#11
We've 'enjoyed' the smell on and off for about 3 weeks or so, ever since the harvest started being finished in nearby fields. Back in the early-mid 1970s they used untreated pig and cow waste on the fields for the winter ploughing and whilst we still got a smell it was not so intense or prolonged as the muck was spread and ploughed in during the cooler, wetter, winter months. Then from the mid 70s until the price of oil began spiking about 5 years ago I believe that our farmers switched to chemical fertilizers (reliant on the petro chemical industry) and we had ages with little or no special country smells. However, since the price of chemical fertilizers has risen so high because of the oil price, our farmers are returning our treated human waste to the ground and because farming practices have changed (particularly with regards to how soon after harvest farmers treat and plough the fields), we get the smell of our after products for several weeks at the end of the summer months.
Guest 756- Registered: 6 Jun 2012
- Posts: 727
#12
We get the smell at least twice a year, when the stuff is delivered and left stockpiled in the fields it stinks until it forms a natural crust, then again when they disturb it to plough it in. It's truly foul.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
- Posts: 3,370
#13
I drove along the A2 last week by Lidden traffic lights
The smell would have made a fly spew up.
